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About Empowered Manufacturer |
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Empowered Manufacturer is a service driven,
award-winning team that is committed to helping you deliver
your message. |
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| Russ
Allen - CEO |
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Russ Allen, co-founder,
has been a pioneer in the fusion of marketing, media and technology.
As the driving creative force behind EmpoweredOffice, Russ has
devised a innovative technology that is the foundation of Empowered
Media's marketing and service applications. Throughout his career
he has striven to formulate the business models that respond
to the latest market trends. Russ began his career as a producer
of high quality corporate videos and computer animation for
clients such as Disney, Pfizer, BBDO, Microsoft, Simon and Schuster,
Byron Preiss, and McGraw Hill. As an executive producer and
story editor for television he developed the children's pilot,
"The Adventures of Zak From Planet Z." Other award
winning programming includes "Adventures in Fire Safety,"
and the nationally syndicated, "Journey to Space."
As multimedia converged with the Internet, Russ quickly became
a leader in this emerging field. He helped develop the first
International Television Conference in New York City sponsored
by the International Emmy Awards. Today, Russ's vision of how
new technologies transform communication and business transaction
has positioned Empowered Media to become a leading company in
its field.
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| Reiner
Vincenz - President |
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With over 40 years of worldwide
experience - Reiner brings a unique and
valuable perspective to our team. He is the founder of a French
company that
now employs over 4000 employees in 10 countries. He pioneered
the rebirth
and restoration of a New York City landmark. He also managed
a consortium of
5 manufacturing companies in Germany before taking an early
retirement. Reiner was persuaded to come out of retirement
as Empowered sets its sights
on the global marketplace. His breadth of experience, insight,
and
leadership skills are tremendous assets to the Empowered team.
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| Ken
Naumiec - Vice President |
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Ken brings to Empowered over
21 years in major-market television, having shot, edited, or
produced over 10,000 stories in different venues all around
the world. Ken also has accumulated over 25 years of computer
experience - thoroughly understanding and actively promoting
the integration of technology in business to leverage human,
intellectual, and corporate resources and increase the bottom
line. He has successfully used cutting-edge marketing strategies
in private business and now applies
these skills with the rest of the Empowered team.
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| Ray
Philip - Chief of Operations |
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Ray brings to Empowered Media
a background that spans 15 years of video and film production.
He's produced everything from industrials, including training
and marketing films to business education films, commercials
and television serials. He's worked around the globe and in
many different formats. Skilled at directing talent and expert
at simplifying complex technical subjects into easy to digest
language; Ray brings an unparalleled effectiveness to communicating
your message in a manner that achieves the desired result. As
Writer, Producer, or Editor, Ray has been the person clients
such as Advertising Age, Avon, Black Enterprise, Business Week,
Coats Vyella, Fortune, Hewlett Packard, Leviton Manufacturing,
McGraw-Hill, Motorola, The Tata Group, Texas Instruments, and
The United States Postal Service among numerous others, have
trusted time and again to bring their message to life. |
| Ray
Attebery- Head of Sales |
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Ray has over 25 years of progressive
management experience in varied specialty retail and manufacturing
enterprises. His career track consists of retail specialty stores,
department stores, manufacturing, and Internet initiatives in
positions as COO, CFO, and CIO, for The Dayton Hudson Corporation,
W.H. Smith, Trans Pacific Stores, The American Blind Factory,
Custom T's, and Oneida Textile Designs. Ray has conceived and
directed the design, development, and execution of Internet
sites such as www.oneidatextiledesigns.com and www.nativeamerican-catalog.com.
He has championed turnarounds, rollout initiatives, and expansion
strategies; led acquisition teams; venture capital package preparation/presentations
and new business development initiatives over the course of
his career.
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| Laurence
Baer - National Director of Business Development |
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Laurence became a full time
member of the Empowered team in August 2002. He brings more
than 25 years experience as a manager or principal of various
businesses and not-for-profit enterprises. Business activities
include international trade and marketing, corporate and project
financing, identification of strategic acquisitions and partnerships,
and strategic consulting.
Prior to joining Empowered, Laurence had his own marketing
consultancy. In that capacity, he has fulfilled senior responsibilities
for many varied clients, including:
• National Sales Director for ASATI Worldwide, pioneer
company in the industry of air-supported buildings.
• Strategic consultant to Sarco-Holdings, a $3 billion
hedge fund.
• Strategic consultant to Medical OnLine, an internet
provider of services relating to medical images.
• Member, Board of Directors, Biofarm, Inc. a publicly
traded US conglomerate involved in pharmaceuticals, aviation,
and insurance.
• Director of Marketing for Fiscal Concepts, a company
involved in providing residual value guarantees for aircraft
and other long-term leases.
Prior to 1992, Laurence helped organize and operate an international
economic institute and served as Executive Assistant to its
three chairmen, a former US Secretary of Treasury, a former
US Senator, and a former Prime Minister of New Zealand.
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| Chris
McGwinn - Executive Producer, Director of Animation |
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Chris McGwinn brings ten years
of experience as a director of animation. His extensive list
of credits as a 3D animator, producer director for television
programs, commercials, videos and CD-ROMs include: Disney's
"Aladdin"; the television pilots "The Adventures
of Zak"; the sci-fi thriller "Nemo 3000"; animated
commercials for Searle Pharmaceuticals; Simon & Schuster's
"The Planets"; Microsoft's "The Way Baseball
Works", "The Civil War" CD-ROM; Panasonic Museum's
"Tour of the Universe", the backdrop for the Broadway
show "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
and commercials for Reese's, Partnership for Drug Free America,
Pfizer, IBM, CBS video, NewsTalk Television, and HBO.
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| Larry
Sashin - Director of Customer Service |
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Larry brings over 30 years of
sales and managerial experience to Empowered Media. Larry has
spent the last 12 in the building of Barter Exchanges in the
New York Metropolitan area. His past experience in insurance
with the John Hancock Financial Services, his raising capital
for companies like Petroleum Development Corporation (NASDAC:
PETD) plus his expertise in alternative financing, and pharmaceuticals
have made him a valuable member of our team. |
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